A Texan conservative Anglican -- yes, a square peg -- ponders both churchly and worldly things and enjoys his new church.

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Protesters Block Road . . . and a Driver is Arrested. HUH?

Sometimes
an event is so head-scratching and/or outrageous that it puts even me at a loss
for words.Perhaps, Jim Hoft says
it best, “It’s an Obama world.”

The
short version of what has me at a loss follows.In Dekalb, Illinois, “Black Lives Matter” protesters blocked
Lincoln Highway.When a driver had
the green light, he slowly tried to get past the protesters.A pregnant woman was slightly injured.
(Aside: And I smell an exaggeration of injuries here.That sort of ruse in an old trick in the Leftist playbook as
is provoking or creating an incident.)The protesters stormed the car.The driver turned into the police parking lot to seek refuge.Police had to restrain oh-so peaceful
protesters from attacking the driver.

Now
here are details that have me shaking my head.The protesters were blocking traffic right by the Dekalb
Police station.Why did not police
remove the protesters, forcibly if necessary?And, yes, police allowing this behavior is a problem across
the nation.

And
then, after an incident for which police and/or those directing them share
responsibility by their inaction, it is the driver who is charged and in danger
of jail:

The woman was taken to Kishwaukee Hospital in DeKalb with minor injuries,
treated and released, while Wittke was charged with reckless driving and
failure to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk, Petragallo said. The more
serious charge, reckless driving, is punishable with probation or up to a year
in the county jail.

Expanding
to the big picture, what we have here is an undermining of the rule of law at
every level of government, from the President to police chiefs.And we have a very unequal application
of law enforcement.If you are an
illegal or a looter – or a traffic blocker – probably nothing happens to you.But if you are law-abiding citizen
asserting your lawful rights, God
help you.

As
I tell friends, it is better to be an illegal alien criminal under Obama than a
law-abiding U. S. citizen.

In
such an atmosphere, it will not take much for a backlash, perhaps in the form
of vigilante justice, to get very ugly indeed.Take blocked traffic.That induces a lot of rage as it is.Combine that with the (correct)
perception that the powers that be side with those intentionally blocking
traffic rather than with you the driver trying to go about his or her business
. . . it could get ugly fast.

Similar
warnings could be said in other areas of civic life. The continual undermining and perversion of the rule of law
by all levels of government has this country too close to a tipping point.

And
perhaps I best stop there except to urge prayer.

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The
organizer for the above protesters could be a poster child for a lot of things,
none of them good.

The protest organizer, a
Grad student at NIU, says that he is planning more protest when NIU classes
resume in January, but told the Daily Chronicle he’ll be leaving town after he
graduates because, as he claims, some people said “racist” things towards him
and the other protesters including giving them the finger.

He
blocks traffic . . . and is unhappy that drivers call him names and give him
naughty gestures.

1 comment:

And here, the city council is taking a page from Obama law. At the same meeting they made it illegal for businesses operating within the city, to ask applicants if they have a criminal conviction or do background checks before offering employment, AND:Denying a liscense to Uber to operate within the city until they gave written assurances to the council, that all their drivers have passed criminal background checks!Damned it they do and damned if they don't ! There will probably be a lawsuit !